`inst.ks` hides installation source on an ISO?

[David Barr]

Hi, Greg,

My scripted ISO creation process is at

https://github.com/dafydd2277/systemAdmin/tree/main/kickstart/centos8

It includes executing `blkid` on the exemplar ISO, and storing that
volume label in a variable to add to `mkisofs -V...`

I've run into so many challenges with kickstart on CentOS 8 that I have
three issues in that GitHub repository for keeping track. I've turned
two of those issues into bugs at bugzilla.redhat.com.

Thanks!
David

On 4/5/21 09:50, Young, Gregory wrote:
>
> From your description, I suspect when you generated the iso, you
> didn’t label it, or you gave it a different label than
> “CentOS-8-3-2011-x86_64-dvd”. Also be careful of spaces in the label
> name. Here is the entry I use:
>
>  
>
> append initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS\x207\x20x86_64
> inst.ks=hd:LABEL=CentOS\x207\x20x86_64:/ks.cfg inst.sshd
> inst.graphical inst.noninteractive inst.noshell net.ifnames=0
> selinux=0 rhgb quiet vga=792 modprobe.blacklist=floppy consoleblank=0
> biosdevname=0 rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0
>
>  
>
> And this is the genisoimage command:
>
>  
>
> genisoimage \
>
>     -input-charset default \
>
>     -U \
>
>     -r \
>
>     -v \
>
>     -T \
>
>     -J \
>
>     -joliet-long \
>
>     -V "CentOS 7 x86_64"\
>
>     -volset "CentOS 7 x86_64"\
>
>     -A "CentOS 7 x86_64"\
>
>     -b "isolinux/isolinux.bin"\
>
>     -c "isolinux/boot.cat"\
>
>     -no-emul-boot \
>
>     -boot-load-size 4 \
>
>     -boot-info-table \
>
>     -eltorito-alt-boot \
>
>     -e "images/efiboot.img"\
>
>     -no-emul-boot \
>
>     -o "${SCRIPT_DIR}/disk.iso"\
>
>     "${BUILDDIR}/"
>
>  
>
>  
>
> Greg
>
>  
>
> *From: *kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
> <kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com> on behalf of David Barr
> <dafydd at dafydd.com>
> *Date: *Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 17:26
> *To: *kickstart-list at redhat.com <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
> *Subject: *`inst.ks` hides installation source on an ISO?
>
> Good Morning!
>
> Duck Duck Go searches haven't helped me, and this problem feels like
> it has an obvious answer if I put the question in front of the right
> person.
>
> I'm adding a kickstart reference to an ISO. When I do, Anaconda (I
> think) can't find the Installation Source. If I drop the "inst.ks" the
> Installation Source is autodetected. So, an unmodified entry in
> isolinux/isolinux.cfg looks like this:
>
> ```
> label linux
>   menu label ^Install CentOS Linux 8
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img
> inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=CentOS-8-3-2011-x86_64-dvd quiet
> ```
>
> This will autodetect the Installation Source. If I add a kickstart
> reference:
>
> ```
> label linux
>   menu label ^Install CentOS Linux 8
>   kernel vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.img 
> inst.stag2=hd:LABEL=CentOS-8-3-2011-x86_64-dvd quiet
> inst.ks=hd:LABEL=CentOS-8-3-2011-x86_64-dvd
> ```
>
> No Installation Source is found, but any `repo` entries in the
> kickstart file will be listed as "Additional Repositories." This is
> true for any variety of inst.ks reference. ("inst.ks=hd:/dev/sdb",
> "inst.ks=hd:/dev/sdb:/ks.cfg", etc.)
>
> Am I not seeing a kickstart entry that specifies the Installation
> Source? Do I have to add another `append` argument that specifies the
> Installation Source? What am I missing?
>
> Thanks!
> David
>
> Previous problems and solutions:
>
> -
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/640232/verified-good-mkisofs-for-centos-8/640786
> <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/640232/verified-good-mkisofs-for-centos-8/640786>
> -
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/641277/centos-8-custom-iso-adding-ks-cdrom-ks-cfg-hangs-the-installer/641278
> <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/641277/centos-8-custom-iso-adding-ks-cdrom-ks-cfg-hangs-the-installer/641278>
>
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